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[@FransHattingh]

"I love you, Louis. You are loved." "Be all the beautiful things you are... and be them without apology... for all eternity." Sam Reid's performance as Lestat is a miracle.

[@androd1279]

I agree! Jacob is also great. Especially his performance when he is having a mental breakdown when he is confessing to the priest.

[@0912sooli]

Sam Reid is actually the perfect Lestat, better than all before. And Louis is much more relatable in this adaptation, love the actors, the music, the scenery!!

[@gigga143]

i wasn’t sold on it from the trailer, and i loved the original movie so much, but during the first part of the first episode i was completely hooked. they’ve done an excellent job reinterpreting this story and their chemistry as Lestat and Louie is off the charts. i can’t wait til episode 3.

[@XOXO-mb2vh]

Me too. The intro fooled me though. I thought there was an actual Master Class for that reporter.

[@Ida-iu3uj]

:) I know@@XOXO-mb2vh

[@ChthonicRemains]

I knew Sam and Jacob's chemistry was going to be insane from the moment I saw them interact during Comic-Con. You can tell they have a lot of love and respect for each other.

[@Homoesper]

They both have ridiculously healthy heads of hair.

[@kimhaneul1509]

Hhhhh that's kinda creepish of you 😂😂

[@cherries_cherries226]

LMAO

[@struggleskywalker1025]

@@kimhaneul1509 well I noticed that as well actually, but mostly because I'm a professional barber so my eyes are trained to recognize that sort of thing. 😂

[@FatBabyCheeks]

lol

[@AD-cy4vj]

​@@kimhaneul1509lmfao

[@anikarice7609]

Every time i see these two in interviews their chemistry has been off the charts! They are freakin' adorable!

[@skywalker6648]

Yeah, you can tell it's genuine and they get along.

[@Azulakayes]

Louis and Lestat...wow, they have so much chemistry my screen was going to explode!

[@ASparkleross]

They're so doggone cute together I can't. And their chemistry on screen is CRAZY.

[@jmac091176]

That comment was very sus

[@ASparkleross]

@@jmac091176 I don't know how. It was sincere. I love seeing them interact in character and out 🤷🏽‍♀

[@jmac091176]

@@ASparkleross, yes but you said they look “cute” together. That sounds weird.

[@imwalkingonsunshine6850]

@@ASparkleross I've got to admit, they do look cute together.

[@ASparkleross]

@@jmac091176 actually I said they *are* (they’re) cute together. As in their dynamic. But frankly they do also look cute together. It is what it is.

[@bellarkeforever9265]

the chemistry jeezz

[@galaxylucia1898]

I’m so in love with this show. It was NOT a literal adaptation of the books and I really appreciate it for so many reasons because now I’m obsessed with the books and it’s fascinating the lines and dialogue that was lifted verbatim. Also, this series seems to inhabit the spirit of the books which makes (re)watching the show and reading the books so much more fun. ❤❤LouStat Forever!!

[@lissettexmarie275]

Not them having matching vampire teeth rings on the✨ same finger ✨😩🥹🌹♥️

[@efrijim700]

Sam Reid is a much better Lestat than Tom Cruise could ever be.

[@chicochi3]

Tom Cruise did fine, but deep inside you still knew he was Tom Cruise.

[@Moonewitch]

Tom was the perfect A$$ though! It's his best role!

[@Juleru]

I wouldn't say "better", just different. Tom Cruise was an almost 1:1 IwtV book Lestat, while Sam Reid is more like the "evolved" character that isn't just IwtV but also a little bit of the other books as well. Imo Sam's Lestat just works better in 2022 because people are more excepting than in the 90s and they just don't have to be "afraid" to show the actual, full relationship anymore, with all its love, hate and blood.

[@milennamoraes7976]

Never kkkkkkkk

[@justiceblue.fenris5790]

yes he is but Tom is too great and Stuart ..

[@AnnieVesper]

They look so perfect together. I wish the writers would do some changes, so we could see them together constantly.

[@oscarmojica1632]

And I love that Lestat mentioned Nicky.😭

[@jcrosby1301]

These two men have great chemistry.👬

[@freshPrincess626]

“the book is still THERE” HelLO! So no, the book wasn’t changed, the story was reinterpreted.

[@pepperannfan1]

I love them and I love this series. I've only seen the first episode and I am hooked.

[@cobbsta88]

I love that they're working with the trope of 'the unreliable narrator', which was what I loved about reading the books

[@klowwwww]

It’s odd that the editor chose to play the trailer on repeat rather than show the actors speaking 😅

[@skywalker6648]

Probably so you'd have to repeat the video to watch them instead of the footage the second time around, lol.

[@nuwanda6436]

am i the only one who feels like the third wheel in every jacob and sam interview? my god sometimes i have to remind myself that jacob is a married man

[@mr.animelover4691]

What do you mean? Please explain ❤

[@333x_oneandonlyme_hope]

RIGHTTTTTTT! I’m like he’s married and he has a daughter….. 😫😫😫

[@ravenkushner]

It's funny how racists crawl out of the cracks with the least of excuses (referencing the comment section). If you are only comfortable watching white people on screen, there is more than enough material to satisfy you. No one cares if you're not interested in this show or not. Feel free to disappear into thin air. Thankfully, most reasonable people realize how unbelievably talented these two actors and the entire crew of the show are. I have no doubt that they will be richly rewarded come awards season. Love them, and love how much love and respect the writers showed the source material. Like Jacob said, if you are going to bring a book to life, the book is still there. The show or movie is an re-interpretation of the story that makes sense for the medium and the time period of the remake. As Jacob said, the majority of the New Orleans population was black at the time that the "red light district" was legal and active. It also gave Lestat another means of courting Louis - by playing to his resentment over racism. Brilliant decisions by a brilliant team of people.

[@mykitm7104]

I was also not sure about the changes at first, but when I watched the show and the timeline changes, I have to agree it works really well. It also really shows the issues that Louis is facing that Lestat can’t ever understand. It really helped give more conflict and depth to Louis character as opposed for example in the movie. In the movie Louis is a lot less complicated and we get a very superficial understanding of his angst. In the show I can totally understand his struggle to fit in anywhere, with his race, his upbringing, his sexuality and also his morality. I just really think this works very well.

[@WilliamJulienNkogheOlympio]

I've been completely and utterly seduced by these versions of Louis and Lestat.

[@sail0rm00n5]

people being so rude over here... the show is fantastic, beautifully made, well thought, upgraded louis character to a mile and kept in all the amazing world anne rice created and the feelings she transmitted through her words. the show sells itself as an adaptation, the whole premise is retelling the story soooo where's all that disrespect ppl are so offended about? what's the fun into watching a story unfold exactly as you know? yall don't have imagination to read and see it in your head? some stuff can be beautiful on paper and simply won't work on screen, different art forms and different approaches! and the main complaints being about louis can only lead to one thing, one specific thing said book fans don't want to see reflected about themselves on screen. most of all the storytelling and acting on this show are brilliant, gets you hooked from beginning to end.

[@hien_be2512]

I absolutely love their acting, the show, and the actors.

[@philrm99]

Excellent casting.

[@Angel-lt1sh]

This show is amazing, it’s sooo good. I’m hoping s2 will be as amazing as well

[@cherylpendleton994]

Let stop tiptoeing around about this. No one was going to make this version of Ann Rice’s story in the 1990’s even though it was in the books.

[@cherries_cherries226]

exactly. Anne Rice was trying to get the movie made in the 80s but none of the studios would approve her original screenplay saying it was too homoerotic and during the time of AIDS taboo. she even contemplated making Louis into a woman for the movie version to get it made. eventually the 90s version happened, but obviously made it more straight.

[@lsmingo]

all vampires were sexy to me... or so I thought.. until I saw Sam Reid. he is THE most sexy vampire E V E R.. that smile.. those eyes.. THAT VOICE.. OMG.. sex on a stick.. he is truly Lastat... truly.. I hope Anne is watching from heaven... this was always her dream to really get Lastat on film... now he is..

[@andreabrantley6951]

; and when he wants to be, Lestat is so charming, seductive, and loving!(mostly towards Louis.)😘🧛🏻 he wasn't scared to shoot his shot with Louis when they met.

[@aureanglam2644]

Since the new season has dropped, I have binged their interviews once again, both the new and those during the first season.

[@kellybaxter2558]

Sorry but the way Jacob looks at Sam at 7:13 ❤

[@lucifer.654]

These two made me feel good.

[@talisha5863]

It’s these details that they brought to life on the screen that has made this series a success👏🏽 Caring about what you do is appreciated and admirable🥰

[@denisefigueroa7761]

6:30 Jam laugh, 7:50 cute Sam laugh :), 8:25 Sam laugh, 8:40 jam moment, 9:05 cute sam

[@elh923]

Let actors talk and show them instead of showing the footage from the show(

[@oscarmojica1632]

I loved the first episode already.

[@Iwtvprintern]

LOVE THE FIRST EP!

[@EM-fd8xe]

LOVE THEM! ❣️

[@bro-from-PACTMDGA]

Great job the both of you bringing the novel to a visual storytelling.

[@artistbervucci1716]

So this is an interview of Interview with the Vampire?

[@Anime_is_my_choice]

This show is amazing. jacob and sam are great

[@tammymorrison7709]

They're both so yummy 😍

[@skywalker6648]

Plus, Jacob looks so different with hair on his head. Unlike his character in GOT.

[@christopherboucher287]

Imagine Terry Joe interviewing them lol 😂

[@dzndznz]

I love them 💜

[@kerrissedai6857]

I think ppl have problems with adaptations that deviate more than 10%.

[@nis8835]

Good questions!

[@deepnextgeneration4601]

Everyone complains about everything... But guess what people... I believe they greenlight season 2 and 3.. so your complaining about how everything has changed from the books... Is not going well for you. Look at true blood, it got 6 or 7 seasons, and went far left after season 2

[@struggleskywalker1025]

Exactly. And don't even get me started on The Vampire Diaries. That show went far left after season 1, and got TWO SPINOFF SHOWS based around original characters that were never even in the books. Yet everyone praised them.

[@lottewhitehorn1135]

Looking good!

[@what2watchyt]

Wow! Shows like the books but different.

[@RockChick63174]

The show is the accumulation of the whole saga.

[@iseemelanie]

That thumbnail ... these men are gorgeous 🥵 And immensely talented, of course!

[@XOXO-mb2vh]

Sam looks taller than Jacob in IWAV.

[@skywalker6648]

Actually, just by one inch. Sam is 5'10 and Jacob is 5'9. Could also depend on the kind of shoes or boots they are wearing in a scene, too.

[@struggleskywalker1025]

@@skywalker6648 well, even during their love scene in episode 1, Sam looked taller than Jacob so yeah, I'd agree that Sam is marginally taller (5’10)

[@skywalker6648]

@@struggleskywalker1025 Not by much at all. In fact, it doesn't look much of a difference between their heights even in that scene. I mean, as I said, Jacob is 5'9 and Sam 5'10. But who cares, it's just an observational comment and reply. Nothing to actually warrant a debate as their heights can be googled. Though beware of a few obscure sites listing Sam height as 5'6 😁.

[@skywalker6648]

@@struggleskywalker1025 Btw, why do you call yourself, "Struggle Skywalker"?

[@stephh_606]

Sam looks like Brad Pitt sometimes, which is funny since he was Louis in the 1994 movie. I love Sam's deep voice though

[@skywalker6648]

No way! But he's a handsome Aussie in his own way.

[@dynamicpisces]

Tv Insider, do better! Sam and Jacob are co-leads! In fact, this season is told from Louis’s (Jacobs) POV so to present this video with an image of Sam being front and Jacob in the rear as if he’s a supporting character is insulting and disrespectful! These men are equals. Present them as such!

[@zoeruthchalco7891]

Hay mirada sostenida entre ambos...de complicidad..❤❤...como que ambos se desean..

[@iCOMMiTTHESERIES]

Raleigh Ritchie

[@angelacanedit]

yuh

[@beatrice2236]

Yep!

[@Maazzzo]

The interviewer asked the same question several times.

[@misspiggy1862]

bro this Lestat is so unhinged and creepy and cruel just like i always imagined a vampire to be. and poor Louise is his victim not his partner love or whatever tf people always says

[@memoryisamonster]

There's still Lestat's POV. louis is an unreliable narrator

[@sydneykeith6059]

It could just be me, but does anyone else realize how close they are sitting to each other on the couch?

[@mdmamba2603]

well, I guess they had to just because of the camera angle so they and the interviewer get in the shot.

[@0912sooli]

Jesus...one of them is married guy. Get your head out of the gutter man...

[@jomiasharris357]

I don't think you can be that intimate onscreen with someone and some of that intimacy not spill over into the real world. You can tell that now have a more personable connection.

[@mindyt5557]

They are sharing a mike...

[@skywalker6648]

It was kind of a small space, and they may also want to demonstrate how well they get on with each other off screen. That said, it would look a little weird if they purposely sat apart. Then ironically, you would probably say, why are they sitting so far apart?

[@jesssari1701]

Sam as Lestat is great, nices sets and costumes but there are to many changes to far from the book!

[@shippendales8543]

There are changes there but the essence of the story being told is actually still the same , the book is about Lestat and Lois messy relationship and the show is very much true and accurate to that.

[@Rev4mpz]

@@shippendales8543 Exactly! People just love to criticise everything, everyone knew there were gonna be changes but still the same foundation. And episode 1 was amazing, it’s refreshing to see such a good show about a novel.

[@gabnel1000]

@@Rev4mpz people are allowed to criticise things. I'm loving the show - but that doesn't mean I think its immune to being criticized.

[@Rev4mpz]

@@gabnel1000 never said they can’t, but what I mean is the critiquing is because it’s not a direct copy of Anne Rice’s novels (which is was never meant to be). Sam Reid (Lestat) and Jacob Anderson (Louis) clearly say in interviews that it’s a different adaption. The show is good, and people are allowed to not like something ; but the dislike of it is not even to do with the plot. It’s painfully clear people just want to hate it, as they had their minds made up even before it’s release.

[@Rev4mpz]

@@skywalker6648 if you look at my previous comment I explained that I never said they aren’t allowed. But people are claiming the show is bad because it’s not 100% true to the novels, but it was never meant to be. Also I’m not attacking anyone or anything but people are overlooking the good queer representation and plot just because it’s not a replica of Anne Rice’s books. I don’t need everyone to praise it just acknowledge why people like it, and why. The people hating are literally coming for people liking a show that is good…

[@heatherblake4825]

this is not a epic love story lestat likes men and women and louis betrays lestat

[@psychedelicpegasus7587]

Perhaps these were three separate statements? It's possible to like men and women and still have an epic love story. Epic love stories can also have betrayal. Perhaps it's harder to reconcile during say a human lifespan, but several lifetimes later Lestat and Louis do so and reaffirm their devotion to each other.

[@gilsurf8]

They always find their way back to each, even with all the terrible things they to do to each other. Toxic? Yes. Epic? YES

[@virgoqueen8950]

THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A REMAKE OF TOM CRUISE & BRAD PITT'S WORK ......

[@petboy5839]

It isn't a remake though. It's adaptation of the books. It has nothing to do with the original movie. It's better than the original movie.

[@virgoqueen8950]

@@petboy5839 YOU MAY THINK IT IS BETTER BUT NOT ALL OF US AGREE ON THAT

[@petboy5839]

@@virgoqueen8950 You haven't even seen the show. The movie seems like trash now that I've seen the show.

[@virgoqueen8950]

@@petboy5839 YOUR OPINION IS JUST THAT........YOUR OPINION.......LOL & SMH

[@petboy5839]

@@virgoqueen8950 After you watch it you'll agree with me.

[@AlexOrozco-Social-Pariah]

Honestly this interview sounds more like justifying Rolin Jones completely defacing Anne's work, and I can see both of them a little uncomfortable with answering those questions. I still think they are great actors doing their work, and honestly I though Jacob looked handsome in the show, but this tv show is NOT Anne Rice's idea, and certainly they aren't to blame for it.

[@jillbecker8651]

Actually Ann and her son were involved in making this and they approved of this rendition

[@AlexOrozco-Social-Pariah]

@@jillbecker8651 everybody keeps saying so but if that were the case don't you think Chris would've been part of the marketing campaign? He hasn't said a word about it and he even seems bitter when asked about it. That is not the behavior of someone wishing the best for an "approved rendition".

[@kemi7689]

@@AlexOrozco-Social-Pariah What will the son know? it's his mother's work, I agree completely tho with you, it's not anne's work, I think it just an idea but not the novel exactly, tho she hated the original movie with tom cruise then later change her mind...I never read the books but I love the movies and now the tv show... let just enjoy that and leave the books alone.

[@lexi9598]

@@jillbecker8651 I wish this assumption would go away. Anne and Chris had zero input or creative rights when this show was made. Anne was in her sickbed for 2 years while the show was being made. Like someone said below, Chris would have been apart of marking had he anything to do with it.

[@AlexOrozco-Social-Pariah]

@@kemi7689 I understand adaptations, I enjoyed certain aspects of Hannibal series although I haven't read the source material but I know it is vastly different to it. It had it's own charms and I can see why people who haven't read the books will find charming certain things in this retold story (and that's why you don't find me getting my comments all over other's comments of enjoyment). But I am too adamant of changing the story I fell in love with as a teen and that made me regain my love for vampirism. And I separate the actors from the production and the tv channel itself; I know the actors are not to blame for the direction they're asked to follow up. I really hated Rolin Jones being condescending and all the executive producer too while selling this show in interviews and in paid reviews with a smear campaign against the 90's movie claiming this show is "truer to the books" when we all know that is some serious manipulation and gaslighting. They were constantly saying things like "we made the story more interesting" that made it sound like the fandom doesn't know how to consume entertainment or got no taste at all. It feels like they completely disrespected not just Anne's work and her son's work too (he had written the first episode for hulu) but the whole fandom.

[@francoiscolin6692]

I really think it's another political move. Rice's vampires were never FULLY gay. They were more pansexual. Louis had a wife, he also fell in love with Merrick and had feelings for another woman in the first book. Same for Lestat and Marius: they both loved men and women. Labelling this and these characters as gay IS a missinterpretation and a political one.

[@Juleru]

No, Louis never had a wife, that's a thing the IwtV movie came up with because the story about his actual family (Paul,..., as shown in the show) would have probably taken too much time. In the IwtV book, which both the movie and this show are based on, Louis is gay, there aren't any relationships with women, just the dysfunctional one with Lestat (and whatever he had with Armand). So yes, Louis is gay, at least in season 1, while Lestat is pansexual (he doesn't care, as long as he likes the person/finds them attractive).

[@francoiscolin6692]

@@Juleru Sorry i've said nonsense about his "wife" you're right. But if i'm remembering well the first book, he also had a fancy for a woman while he was a vampire ( i can't remember her name though.... But it takes a fair amount of the first part of the book). Plus he loves Merrick. For me that means he's pansexual without really knowing it.

[@gilsurf8]

Oh dear. You lost me at Louis had a wife. not even going to bother reading the rest of your comment.

[@mykitm7104]

@@francoiscolin6692 No, even Rice herself confirmed that Louis and Lestat were lovers, that’s also why they continuously return to each other. It’s not common with other vampires - sire and fledglings. As you can see throughout the books. Lestat and Louis return to each other and seek each other out all the time.

[@mmacwebb7306]

No way… Brad Pitt and Tom Cruse …this 2022 version is….

[@lobogris6362]

Is just diferent

[@renelopez4302]

Please tell me they don’t have these stupid accents 🤢

[@0912sooli]

You weirdo...

[@Thecuriousincident1]

I'm sure your accent is just peachy.

[@cherylfirbank7739]

Actors, you know, acting!!

[@1c1pal]

Says a Lopez.

[@ozbrizzie8869]

Jacob is English and Sam is Australian. They don’t have stupid accents, they are answering questions in their natural voices. They are actors. Watch the series Jacob speaks with an American accent and Sam speaks with a French accent.

[@AlexOrozco-Social-Pariah]

I wouldn't dare to hate them for doing their work, but this show is like Rolin Jones pirated a Wattpad fanfiction by a fan.

[@peteremilo3947]

disappointed

[@0912sooli]

no one asked

[@Jade_902]

Absolutely disgusting show 🤮🤮🤮

[@virgoqueen8950]

LOL

[@efrijim700]

It's really well done, actually.

[@angelacanedit]

wrong ☺️

[@tvaddict6623]

Troll

[@Thecuriousincident1]

Yes and it's glorious.

[@vincentthomas7142]

Thanks to all this new age, pc crap, they ruined this. No interest in this at all.

[@Juleru]

Oh no, the characters are gay like in the books. Oh no, they cast a black guy as lead actor. Grow up.

[@jordanparker657]

@@Juleru Well said. The amount of narrow minded people is dreadful.

[@_notmyproblem_]

Not sure what's politically correct in this show. It touches on a lot of controversial and violent themes.

[@jeanbadeaux1486]

Why is a black man playing Louie? It makes absolutely no sense if you have read the books and are committed to the characters! You cant change a book to fit a show especially when the writer has died!

[@MissCelticLover]

Anne was involved with the production of the show though...Unfortunately she passed while in production, but she was involved and obviously so were/are the books. It's a brilliant adaptation that brings a lot of depth to Louis' story!

[@waikoa10]

What are you talking about? Do you know how many movies I’ve had to watch Black and Brown characters be turned into white MY ENTIRE LIFE?

[@waikoa10]

And for him to be Creole IN NEW ORLEANS?! In the 1800’s? You’re surprised?

[@reconstructionmanifest7349]

This show is a complete mockery of what Anne Rice did

[@spoons250]

You understand Annes son is gay and her whole story down to the bones was a allegory for how hard gay love is perceived by the outside world. They have literal sex in the pages of the book. Im convinced you've never read it and maybe just passively saw the 93 cocktails of pieces of the book and are going on that. That would be so low btw.

[@reconstructionmanifest7349]

@@spoons250 everything in the books is implicit. I dont know what books you were reading. Their bodies literally die in the books. It is very graphic in the way they die. ALL of their bodily fluids go away. They have no use for sex. It is VERY clear on this. They are ASEXUAL lovers, and not in the way we think of lovers. They are not HOMOSEXUAL partners or lovers. They dont penetrate each other. I am not going to argue about this with you or anyone else. You are just wrong. The end

[@AlexOrozco-Social-Pariah]

@@spoons250 Anne didn't write about his sons' homosexuality with those books, nor was about gay hardships.